Gal. 3:14. "That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." The Spirit from time to time was promised of old by the prophets, as the great privilege of the happy gospel days which they foretold; but the pro... [ Continue Reading ]
Gal. 3:16. "Now to Abraham and his seed was the promise made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many, but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ." This Mr. Locke paraphrases thus: "God doth not say, 'And to _seeds_,' as if he spake of more seeds than one that were entitled to the promise on dif... [ Continue Reading ]
Gal. 3:17, 18. "And this I say, that the covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect; for if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise, but God gave it to Abr... [ Continue Reading ]
Gal. 3:19, 20. "It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made. And it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one." The apostle's design in mentioning the law's being ordained in the hand o... [ Continue Reading ]